It’s hard to believe I said goodbye to Ross and Bubbles 10 days ago. Without either of us being too sentimental, we shared what an epic ride it had been. This had always been Ross’s trip, I was simply fortunate to have been made redundant at just the right time in order to join. Given that we hadn’t spent that much time together before departure, we both considered it remarkably lucky to have been most excellent travel partners for this adventure. With a flight and a post Cairo travel itinerary that couldn’t be delayed, I said goodbye to Ross and Bubbles on the streets of Alexandria and took the train back south to Cairo.
My train landed late on Tuesday night and Cairo traffic being the disaster that it is, my uber took another 45 minutes to arrive. By the time I got to The Australian Hostel, they had given my room away. Fortunately, they provided an alternative room at a sister hostel a few blocks away. All things not being equal, what mattered at that point was a bed. I woke early the next morning and organized my pyramid tour.
The next morning, I was on my flight to Dubai. The elevator music Emirates plays when you board was truly music to my ears. It was a quick 15-hour layover where I exchanged road trip clothes for European adventure clothes from a couple suitcases I keep stashed there. Then I exchanged some Dubai Duty Free wine I purchased for a couch to crash on for the night. In the morning it was off early for Munich and Oktoberfest.
My plan now is a long tour through Eastern Europe before heading back to Seattle permanently at the end of the year. After Oktoberfest I made it to Prague, then Krakow, and write this from Chisinau, Moldova having just returned from the breakaway province of Transnistria. So my fun adventure continues using planes, trains, cars and buses. Though I can’t help but feel a bit remiss hurtling through Bavaria and the Balkans without Ross and Bubbles.
Joburg to Scotland 